Role: Platform Operations Engineer

Location: Leeds / Hybrid
Salary: £38,000 - £43,000 (DOE) + excellent benefits

Are you passionate about cloud technologies, platform security, and keeping business-critical systems running smoothly? If so, I’d love to hear from you!

I’m looking for a Platform Operations Engineer to join a growing technology team supporting critical business platforms and cloud infrastructure.

In this role, you'll help manage, secure, and continuously improve Microsoft-based platforms, working across Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and modern endpoint technologies. You'll collaborate with engineering, application support, security, and third-party suppliers to ensure services remain secure, resilient, and high performing.

Key Responsibilities

• Administering and supporting Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and associated cloud services.
• Managing endpoint management and security, including device configuration, compliance policies, application deployment, endpoint protection, and lifecycle management.
• Supporting server, platform, and infrastructure environments across production and non-production systems.
• Implementing and maintaining platform security controls, secure configurations, and hardening standards.
• Supporting vulnerability remediation, security improvements, and CIS Benchmark recommendations.
• Carrying out platform maintenance, security patching, upgrades, and planned out-of-hours maintenance.
• Monitoring platform health, availability, and performance, responding to alerts and service issues.
• Investigating and resolving platform, infrastructure, and security incidents, including root cause analysis and problem management.
• Supporting Change, Incident, and Problem Management processes.
• Assisting with disaster recovery testing, resilience exercises, and business continuity planning.
• Developing automation and scripting solutions to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Working closely with Engineering, Application Support, and third-party suppliers to deliver platform improvements.
• Maintaining technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks.
• Supporting the delivery of operational, security, resilience, and service improvement initiatives while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.